Making the world safer with enclosed switches
Socomec's Enclosed Solutions, with or without fuse protection, are suitable for all kinds of environments and applications. Present at all levels of your electrical...
Market report shows increasing demand for data centre power equipment
The global data centre power market is expected to reach USD 10.77 billionby 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The global...
Measuring partial discharge for increased uptime
Prysmian Group's PRY-CAM is designed for condition assessment and asset management of electrical systems and equipment from 3 kV to 600 kV. The technology allows fast,...
Megger expands into HV diagnostics sector with Power Diagnostix acquisition
Global electrical test equipment expert Megger has acquired Power Diagnostix of Aachen, Germany, a leader in the development and manufacture of high voltage diagnostic...
Micro data centre solution unveiled at Data Centre World
Among the latest innovations being highlighted at Data Centre World, London,  is a Micro Data Centre (DC) Xpress line of connected products, from Schneider Electric, claimed to make...
Morrison Utility Connections selected for University of Sheffield power uprade project
Morrison Utility Connections, a major projects Independent Connection Provider (ICP) and part of Morrison Utility Services, has been awarded a £2m power upgrade project...
Natural solution to MCPD?
With the introduction of the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD), mission critical sites are facing ever more stringent emissions legislation. Craig Wilkins, from Cummins,...
New IoT system to prevent manhole cover explosions and fires
UK engineering and design consultancy, Plextek has been working with US-based CNIguard to develop a new IoT-based system to prevent manhole explosions, primarily caused...
New public API to simplify management at the edge
Schneider Electric has released a public API (application programming interface) for cloud-based software EcoStruxure IT Expert. The first public API for EcoStruxure IT Expert,...
New standby power system at Greggs PLC’s
The 1,650kVA generator is being installed in a new plant room complete with attenuation, exhaust silencer and fuel tank, as part of Gregg’s strategic...
Nexans wins €190 million cabling contract
Nexans has achieved a major success in a global tender process carried out by a one of the biggest utility companies in the world,...
Nidec to install microgrid for tropical island
Nidec ASI has won the tender for the creation of a microgrid on a tropical island in the Bahamas. The aim of the project, worth...
No ‘mass exodus’ to the cloud
A global survey of over 1,000 data centre executives, conducted by the Uptime Institute, reveals that hybrid datacentre infrastructure is now the dominant strategy...
Panduit awarded approved supplier status by Kao Data
Panduit EMEA, the physical infrastructure and connectivity company, has achieved approved supplier status to the Kao Data Campus, for its Universal Containment, hot aisle...
Panduit wins industry award for contribution to data centre industry
At the recent 2018 DCS industry awards, Panduit won the Industry Award, for its outstanding contribution to some of the industry’s most significant breakthroughs...
Poor fuel maintenance risks outages
A study shows that 83% of fuel tanks exhibit moderate to severe corrosion, while fuel maintenance is often poorly executed. Overlooking this important component...
Power distribution at the rack level
With a huge demand for computing devices, particularly enterprise servers that are generally housed in data centres or co-location facilities, and a commensurate rise...
Power only half the story as volatility hits energy bills in 2016
Wholesale power prices declined for 2015 with anticipated softening into 2016. Yet bills are expected to rise and the market to become increasingly volatile....
Power outage threat posed by hackers
Hackers could pose a significant threat to smart grid security unless the challenges are better understood and addressed, researchers have warned. A team of...
Powerful intelligence: the role of smart PDUs
The increased sophistication of PDUs is in line with expectations for increasingly granular data. Panduit’s Sander Kaempfer provides an insight into the role of...